Originally Posted by job1119

In 1991, I could not get out of bed, my lower legs trembled so badly I could not walk. A friend brought me some pills...which seemed to help. Late in 1991 Dx w/ PD (but i could not have PD: I had loan payments, mortgage payments, the car leases, several alimony payments, my Friar Club dues and all the rest). I had to go to the bank, so a taxi left me about 10 steps from the bank...the taxi left...the trembling started again...@#$%^...but then there was a newspaper vending machine 2 steps away... you could make 2 steps... the sidewalk was cement with dividing markings (...to give the look of stone inlays). Looking ahead at these markings, instead of looking down, made it to the newspaper rack, still looking ahead at these markings, made it to the bank doors, then around the block. Could this be of use to other PWP?



You might have seen walkers or canes with a laser light at the bottom, and the person with PD is told to step either on the red light or over it.



An MDS said "you developed, or used, new neuro-pathways"



Are there other alternate or new neuro-pathways to develop? (hint



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